Tools

Software we run to build, verify, or operate things. Everything the radar places in this quadrant, and where it sits in the current edition. The rest of the board is on the radar.

• new in this edition
• moved in
• moved out
• no change

Edition 2026.3 · 2026-10-08

Adopt

The default choice. Picking something else needs a justification.

• 6. GitHub Actions
• 7. GitHub artifact attestationsnew in this edition
• 8. mise
• 9. OpenTofu
• 10. pnpm
• 11. release-pleasenew in this edition
• 12. SOPS

Trial

Worth pursuing on real work, with someone accountable for the outcome.

• 13. jactionlintnew in this edition
• 14. Mermaid
• 15. packslipnew in this edition
• 16. Renovatenew in this edition
• 17. VitePress

Assess

Worth understanding and prototyping, not yet worth committing to.

• 18. zizmornew in this edition

Hold

Do not start anything new with it. Existing usage is not an emergency.

• 19. actionlintnew in this edition
• 20. Dependabotnew in this edition
• 21. direnv
• 22. EJSON
• 23. SLSA GitHub generatornew in this edition
• 24. Task
• 25. Terraform